Help - Why did women end up in Tasmania in the 1830's - 1840's?

[majm]

I cannot find a  candidate for this Hannah arriving before 1841 in my offline NSW resources I have checked, but I will keep looking.     Females in VDL records are very elusive in that era, particularly if 'came free'.    

BUT the 1837 sighting from free bmd uk is for a marriage !!!  and I cannot find a groom for her !     

JM

[tedscout]

Thanks for your help JM,

I've been looking for her all week.

I don't think they married in England in 1837. If they had why marry again in 1866 and the earlier marriage not be mentioned on either death certificate, but the 1866 one is?

[majm]

   Good point, but the submitter has given they married in 1837 in England, so it may be worthwhile considering what evidence the submitter had found in the 1880s to support that belief     Do you have any of the seven children being born in Vic?  If so, were they born after civil registration commenced in Vic?  .... could be quality info on any Vic BDM birth cert ...

Fingers crossed...

JM

[tedscout]

Yes but the submitter also said he came to Australia landing at Adelaide SA. in 1840

[tedscout]

George DAVIDSON is the youngest the family have property in Gippsland when he was born in 1852 but I haven't found his birth yet.

[hurworth]

An earlier thread with some details of the family:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=680370.0

Interesting that your Davidsons went to Gippsland from Hobart.  We have ancestors who also moved to Sale from the Hobart area at about the same time.

[cando]

I cannot find a Hannah Ingram in the 1841 census born Beccles. But then if she is mine she would already be having her twins in Hobart Town.

But her parents were living in Beccles, Suffolk in 1841.  I've sighted Hannah's 1866 marriage cert attached to a public tree.  Father was a Tailor.  Hannah signed with her mark.  Little details can often help with research.

1841
Living at Beccles, Suffolk
INGRAM William 74  Tailor  Born county
INGRAM Ann  74   Born County

1851  Living at Puddingmoor Street Beccles, Suffolk
INGRAM Ann  84   Pauper  Born Sotterly, Suffolk.

Hannah died in 1887 - cause of death senility.  Publication was in 1888 so the submission was possibly by one of her children and info from family stories!!  If they had looked at her marriage cert they would have at least found her correct place of birth.

I suggest you search the shipping  arrivals on TROVE in 1840 for their arrival in Tasmania.
 
This certainly looks like Hannah's baptism

Have you investigated what became of the Hannah Ingram baptised in Beccles, Suffolk on 7 December 1806?

To rule her out, it may be worth looking to see if you can trace her life in England.

Jebber

Cheers
Cando

[tedscout]

Thanks Cando, so much for the census information.

I didn't have Hanna's parents names when I was looking for Ingram's in Beccles. I do now, thanks to the kind person with the public tree.

I have also purchased Mary Ann's birth certificate only to find that it is only the Baptism record the same as the kind person with the public tree had attached to her. So no extra information there. 

Edward was baptised on the same date, and is on the same baptism record.

Aunty E said over the weekend that she believes the DAVIDSON's were whalers, and she has been to the museum in Eden NSW with her cousin. So I am now looking for James using this information as a starter, but I do remember that family stories can be just that - a story.

Oh well, I think I have now found every ancestor that came to Australia from overseas

Thank you again for your help, Cheers, Ted

[cando]

DAVIDSON's were whalers

Wasn't James born Manchester, Lancashire? 

According to that 1866 marriage cert, his father was George and a farmer.

Cando